Piper PA-28R N2943R

25 December 1976 · Kadoka, South Dakota, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 25 December 1976 at about 12:10 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N2943R, operated by Colorado Flyin, was involved in an accident during in flight near Kadoka, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 December 1976 at 12:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Kadoka, South Dakota, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Registration: N2943R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Colorado Flyin
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Denver, Co → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3681

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

STRUCK 40 FT HIGH POWER LINE OVER INTERSTATE HIGHWAY

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3681, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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